Garden by The Sea, a Community Garden
Ocean Shores is lucky to have a wonderful resource for all gardeners: The Garden by The Sea (GBTS,) a thriving non-profit, community garden located behind
Garden, Sea, and Art
Ocean Shores is a small but ecologically varied place. Just six miles long, the city, encompasses at least eight different ecosystems, each with its own
Ocean Shores Flower Experiments
Ocean Shores is so GRAY. My sister keeps reminding me: We live in GRAYS Harbor after all. What did you expect? But Central Park isn’t
Cool, Wet, Marine Climate of Ocean Shores
A tiny city, Ocean Shores is only 6 miles long and 2 miles wide. Our general maritime climate is cool, wet, and windy, but along
Calling All Gardeners
Spring is springing. Our ocean plants are pushing up through the cold, wet soil that winter has left us. Bit by bit the days are
Do You Have Spring Bulbs Breaking Ground?
As usual we’ve had a lot of wind and rain this winter, but we’ve also had some early, sunny, relatively warm days too. Have you
Salt in Coastal Gardens
At the end of the Punic Wars (264-146 BC) the Romans destroyed the great Phoenician city of Carthage and burned it to the ground. After
House Plants Part 2
We looked at growing plants indoors and noted a few holiday plants: Christmas Cactus, Amaryllis, Anthurium, and Poinsettia. If you had any of these, most
House Plants Part 1
Yes, yes, the holidays are here, in full force. TV commercials are sprinkled with falling snow, the lovely kind. Not the slushy, dirty kind or